Edgewater Capital Partners - Private Equity

Advisory Board for Mechanical & Materials Engineering Department at Auburn University

• Corporate Officer (Sec. 16) reporting to the CEO with P&L responsibility over ~400 people & >$260M Rev; quarterly reviews to the Board of Directors & Extensive Presentations to top Executives in the Industry.• Responsible for Engineering, R&D, Supply Chain, Procurement, Manufacturing, Service world-wide, Sales Operations, New Product Development and Introduction.• Created a dedicated R&D group specific for forward looking technology endeavors in applications & product enhancements that resulted in a strengthened multi-year roadmap of the core business & new organic applications spaces for future growth. Reduced time-to-market for new product introductions through rigorous PLC process.• Instituted new operational processes & disciplines in supply chain to focus on vendor management, cycle time reductions >25%, quality improvements, second sourcing and cost reductions (>3% GM increase). • Created a master scheduling & planning organization that can function at new record level revenues in 2017 & 2018 (>25% revenue increase over previous peak with 3x the product portfolio & 2x the customer base)• Revamped Service group that now contributes Gross Margins of ~50% (>10% increase) & is growing revenue at >10% YoY; Decreased I&W costs by >50% by focusing on training, defined metrics & new sub-component service strategy.• Planned, created & hired individuals for a New Product Group spun out of R&D that is focused on a new growth opportunity outside the company core with a TAM Expansion of >$1 Billion for the company.

• Corporate Officer (Sec. 16) reporting to the CEO - responsible for all Product & Field Marketing, World-wide Sales, Sales Operations, Service & Program Management; Direct reports include VP of Sales & Sales Operations, VP of Service, 4x Country Presidents & 3x Business Unit VP’s responsible for Product/Field Marketing and Program Management. (>150 people); quarterly reviews to the Board of Directors• Spearheaded new businesses in semiconductor foundries that increased contributive company revenue from <1% to >25% in this sector which greatly decreased the company’s dependence on memory spending cycles.• Transformed Product Life Cycle within company & galvanized two generations of roadmaps for all products lines while creating strategic partnerships within the industry. New Atlas III product was strongest & fastest ramp in company history contributing >50% to total product sales in 1st year; increases in Average Sales Prices >18%; improved Gross Margins and expanded Market Share.• Drove revenue from ~$144M in 2013 to >$260M in 2017 within a near zero growth industry (WFE) by penetration of new accounts, marketing value messaging and strategic product development. Increased Gross margins by ~$6% via Average Sales Prices growth (>25%) during this period. • Drove significant increases in market share to capture >50% of SAM with the 6 largest device manufactures in the world. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC), Samsung, Hynix, Toshiba, Micron, UMC, Intel Memory, Global-Foundries and Others• Planned, created & hired individuals for a New Product Software Group that focused on value marketing & external partnerships of current & future products in data analytics to leverage positions in the fab. Increased revenue 20x over 3 years.• Reached >50% Market Share in overall OCD market; >80% Market Share in 3D-NAND OCD & >40% in Foundry OCD; all for both Stand-Alone (Atlas Platform) & Integrated Metrology (Impulse Platform) markets.